Fortress
Fort of São João do Arade
🇵🇹 Portugal · 16th century
The Fort of São João do Arade (Portuguese: Forte de São João do Arade), sometimes referred to as the Castle of Arade, is a medieval fortification situated in the civil parish of Ferragudo in the Portuguese Algarve municipality of Lagoa.
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Fort of São João do Arade ranks #3,186 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #45 of the 132 mapped in Portugal. Founded 1520, it is older than 48% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 437 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. See how Portugal compares in the castle statistics.
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